Linell — unisex name

What the Data Says About Linell

The Social Security Administration has registered 293 babies named Linell between 1922 and 1981, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Linell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1981. The name reached its historical peak in 1952, when 41 babies received it in a single year. Linell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 159 additional births since 1919.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Linell performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 141 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Linell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Linell in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Linell in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 293 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.